No Messiah for West Brook Middle School: Alex Woinski was sent home for dressing as Jesus Christ for Halloween. more ›

When Harold Pinter’s masterpiece The Homecoming first premiered on Broadway some four decades ago, the dramatized hostility was met with equal hostility from the bourgeois audience, as witnessed by the playwright himself:

One of the greatest theatrical nights of my life was the opening of The Homecoming in New York. There was the audience. It was 1967. I'm not sure they've changed very much, but it really was your mink coats and suits. Money. And when the lights went up on The Homecoming, they hated it immediately. 'Jesus Christ, what the hell are we looking at here?' I was there, and the hostility towards the play was palpable. You could see it. more ›

Today we have illusionists like David Blaine performing "stunts" in the city, but back in the day there was the real deal stuntman, Evel Knievel. Just after making news by making nice with Kanye West (after suing him over this video), he died yesterday in Clearwater, Florida at the age of 69. The NY Times reports he had "failing health for years with diabetes and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable lung condition. In 1999, he... more ›

Earlier this year one artist's chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ wasn't leaving a good taste with many, 41% of you calling it "sacrilege." However, 34% of you wanted one for Easter! Maybe Halloween will do, because it looks like it's been resurrected!

"My Sweet Lord," an anatomically correct milk chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ that infuriated Catholics before its April unveiling was canceled, returns Oct. 27 to a Chelsea art gallery, its creator said Tuesday. This time, artist Cosimo Cavallaro said he expects the public exhibit to proceed without a problem.

"We don't approve of the piece at all, but it's not something we're going to protest," said Kiera McCaffrey, the league's director of communications. "This is much less an in-your-face assault on Christians, and it's not happening during Holy Week."

On June 6, 2004, a woman's dead body was found in a steamer trunk on East 13th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. Years later, the police have found the murderer. Or, rather, the murderer found them. more ›

A NY Times reporter spent yesterday observing and experiencing the Reverend Al Sharpton's action rally at his National Action Network headquarters.

On most Saturdays, the so-called House of Justice on West 145th Street can feel as casual as the International House of Pancakes 10 blocks south. Anyone can walk in and take a seat. The words etched onto the large tinted window at the entrance, facing 145th Street, read not House of Justice or National Action Network but Diamond Gym, the storefront’s former occupant, which explains why the walls are lined with mirrors. more ›

Yesterday was Good Friday, and Christians in the city remembered the day that Jesus Christ was crucified. One group, Communion and Liberation, carried a cross across the Brooklyn Bridge to St. Peter's Church on Barclay as part of the Way of the Cross reenactment. One of the Christian organization's members told NY1, "It always has a special significance that we commemorate that day also as part of Good Friday, because it's the idea of redemption, which is basically what we’re looking at here today." more ›

- And MILFs, get ready for October 14th - that's when the producers of the Hottest Mom in America are casting - check out the ladies in who showed up in Chicago more ›

As Gothamist emerges from Fringe madness, there’s a bit of catching up to do. So today we bring you ideas about what shows to see next, and a review of one of them, Revolution Row, which aims to bring liberals’ bad dreams to life by showing what things might be like if religious conservatives get what they want. more ›

Joel Derfner, author, Gay Haiku more ›

John Flansburgh, Songwriter/Performer more ›

Are you tired out from the onslaught of summer theatre festivals? Still got enough to juice for a closing song and dance number? more ›

Crime Library on David Berkowitz. more ›

More information about the new temple from the Mormon Church. And the event gives the Daily News to run this headline: Saints come marchin' in. And semi-related, there's an article in the Times about the Brown family, five Mormon siblings who have attended Juilliard. Gothamist found it interesting that a Mormon apostle allowed Gregory Brown's musical touring to substitute for a mission (at 19, Mormon men are expected to go on 2-year "proselytizing missions"); we remember when NBA player Shawn Bradley went on a mission before entering the NBA. Finally, there was a South Park episode about Mormons; it has a very special place in greg.org's heart. more ›

Newsweek' Newsmakers column decides to ask Sarah Jessica Parker a couple questions and she gets feisty! more ›

Have you ever wondered if you could transform your slightly overweight, very near-sighted, and extremely white self into Tupac Shakur? No, neither did we, but Brooklyn-based artist Tom Sanford (fellow Columbia University alum) is asking that question as well as documenting the answer his new blog, Thug4Life. The last we heard, Tom was in the Columbia alumni newsletter - word had it he was creating "rap star pietas." That is, paintings of rap stars in the guise of Jesus Christ on the cross. Yeah. Not surprisingly, the work sold very well in Japan, where Tom seems to enjoy a cult following. more ›

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